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Digital Printing Fabric Fact Sheet

WHAT IS DIGITAL PRINTING?

First, let’s look at conventional printing. Conventional screen printing requires the engraving of one screen per color in a design. So a design with 18 colors would require 18 screens. Additionally, 18 separate colors also need to be mixed and matched. With digital printing, there are no screens or colors to mix. Any image you can see on a computer can be reproduced on digital printing fabric in the same way as your desktop printer prints images on paper.

WHAT DIGITAL PRINTING FABRICS CAN BE PRINTED?

Unlike other digital printing operations, our digital printing solution is not limited in regards to any digital printing fabric content. We can print on cotton, polyester/cotton, rayon, silk, linen, nylon, wool, etc., as well as blends with a maximum width of 66”. There are however various reasons why any specific digital printing fabric may not perform well on our printer. Examples of things that can make a digital printing fabric unprintable include: water repellent finishes, softeners, hairy digital printing fabrics, extreme textures, sheer digital printing fabrics, warped selvages, long haired selvages, etc.

ARE THERE ANY DESIGN LIMITATIONS?

The more ink coverage a design has, the more likely the hand feel of a digital printing fabric may be affected. Designs with large solid flat backgrounds or other large flat areas, primarily in darker shades, may not print solidly. Some colors will print more pixelated than others.

WILL YOU PRINT ON MY DIGITAL PRINTING FABRIC?

No. Robert Kaufman Co. is unable to control the quality of a customer’s digital printing fabric and to control potential digital printing fabric losses due to the performance of that digital printing fabric on our printer. For this reason, we will not be accepting a customer’s digital printing fabric for use on the printer.

WHAT KIND OF INKS ARE USED?

Our digital print solution uses a patented pigment ink technology that is water based and absolutely free of heavy metals, formaldehyde and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates (APE), making them non-hazardous, non-toxic and 100% biodegradable. Our inks adhere to the strictest human health and environmental standards and contain no animal by-products and are completely vegan friendly, meeting both the Oeko-Tex 100 and Global Organic Textile (GOTS) standards.

IS THE DIGITAL PRINTING FABRIC WASHABLE AND COLOR FAST?

The printed inks are all washable and meet excellent color fast standards. The below results are, in general, readily achievable, however results may vary depending on the basecloth and how it was finished. We recommend: Machine wash cool or warm, delicate or gentle cycle, Tumble dry low, remove promptly. Best to iron the reverse side. Ultimately, it is buyer’s responsibility to order and test sample yardage to establish any performance standards that they require.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These PVC Free Banner

PVC free banner is an 11.8 mil durable polyester non-woven fabric with a tight weave and semimatte finish.

This lightweight, recyclable material is an environmentally friendly alternative to vinyl banners. Ideal for indoor and short-term outdoor banners, PVC free banner is also a great choice for POP displays, in-store signage and other display graphics.

It’s also a cost-effective alternative to traditional canvas. PVC free banner is compatible with latex, UV curable, solvent, and eco-solvent inks.

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Fashion tops of digital printing fabric

Digital printing fabric has changed the world of fashion. Showing off your identity through what you wear is all the rage and with digital printing fabric personalizing your fashion tops has never been easier. Print one off customized designs or alternatively print your most popular design on-demand.

We have a range of pallets to fit any fashion top size whether for children, women or men. Our technology prints on almost every type of fashion top fabric, from natural cotton and silk, to semi-synthetic viscose, to synthetic polyester. And with our Discharge digital printing fabric solution; now you can print amazing designs with the softest handfeel.

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Benefits & Challenges To Textile With Recycled Yarn

Textile with recycled yarn can find new life in many different low-grade products such as insulation, mop heads, rags, and stuffing.

The process of recycling can divert many products from landfills. According to the Council for Textile Recycling, annual textile waste is estimated to equal 25 billion pounds.

The amount of energy, water, and dye use is reduced from using a product that has already been processed. The savings are achieved by offsetting the production of new materials. Since textile with recycled yarns most commonly are sourced from pre-consumer textile scraps that are sorted by color, the textile with recycled yarns are already dyed.

The CO2 and fossil fuel emission savings can be partially offset by using existing materials. However, the collection, processing, and shipping of cotton scraps or clothing can reduce or neutralize some of these savings.

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The Various Coated Textile Application Methods

The Various Coated Textile Application Methods
When using the direct coated textile method, “the liquid coated textile is applied to the fabric while being run at tension under a floating knife blade, the distance between the fabric and the knife blade determines the thickness of the coated textile.”

The person coated textile can adjust the angle of the blade and manipulate it so that the coverage is varied. For best results, the liquid coated textile should be gelatinous as to stop it from absorbing through the fabric. After this, the coated textile needs to be dried.

This coated textile method is most appropriate for filament yarns because the staple fibers in spun yarns have the possibility of extending beyond the surface. This would cause an asymmetrical finish.

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Non PVC Banner for Latex, Solvent & UV inks

Non PVC banner is an 11.8 mil durable polyester non-woven fabric with a tight weave and semi-matte finish. This lightweight, recyclable material is an environmentally friendly alternative to vinyl banners. Ideal for indoor and short-term outdoor Non PVC banners.

Non PVC banner is also a great choice for POP displays, in-store signage and other display graphics. It’s also a cost-effective alternative to traditional canvas. Non PVC banner is compatible with latex, UV curable, solvent, and eco-solvent inks.

Benefits

  • Lightweight
  • PVC-free
  • Water-resistant
  • Tear resistant
  • Applications

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Three minutes, Understanding of Coated Textile

What are coated fabrics, coated textiles? What are the development and future trend of coated textiles? Only by understanding coated textiles can we better guide the future development of coated textiles.

What is coated textile? Coated textile is a material treated by special process (through the post-treatment technology of cloth, belt, pipe, felt and grid), which makes the textile surface form a uniform coating compound. The coated fabric is a kind of coated textile, which consists of two or more layers of material, at least one layer is fabric and the other layer is completely continuous polymer coating.

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What are the uses and advantages of coated textile

In recent years, a coated textile treated with a special process has become one of the most fashionable and hot-selling varieties. The so-called coated textile is the coating finishing agent, also known as coating glue-a polymer compound, uniformly coated on the surface of the fabric, through adhesion to form a textile with one layer (or multilayer film).

It can not only improve the appearance and style of the fabric, but also increase the function of the fabric. The popularity of coated textiles is due to its wide range of products and the popularity of casual clothing in the current apparel consumer market; second, its low-cost production makes its clothing profitable. Medium, low and high-end coated textiles are available in the market. There are many types of coated textiles. The products include scratching, leather coated textiles, colorful film, paper texture, oily wax, printing, foam (foam), waterproof and breathable, flame retardant, silver coated white, pearlescent, Antibacterial, anti-ultraviolet, mercerized leather, matte, anti-dermis, wrinkle leather, etc.

coated textiles are widely used. At present, coated products are not only widely used in industry and agriculture, transportation, national defense, hospitals, navigation, fishing, offshore oil wells, decoration, etc., even ethnic minority tents are also favored by them. Autumn and winter clothing fabrics are bright and colorful. They can be combined with knitted fabrics, plain woven fabrics, and non-woven fabrics to make various fabrics or linings. They are suitable for garments, shoes, raincoats, windbreakers, snow jackets, jackets, etc. The original product was only waterproof and not permeable to moisture, the use of coated textiles had a stuffy feeling and poor comfort.

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Go Green Non PVC Banner Printing

Non PVC banner , we range of eco-friendly banner printing materials are specifically designed for responsible end–of–life–disposal. Your non PVC banner can be safely disposed of regardless of whether it is recycled, put into landfill or incinerated in a waste-to-energy schemes. Unlike any other product in the large format printing industry before, our non PVCbanner range is a ground-breaking alternative to PVC banner

There is no questioning the popularity of PVC as a material for Banner Printing. It has been and still is our most popular large format printing material. Why? The main benefit is economic; PVC Banners are cheap and widely available. They are also tough, durable, easy to work with and print easily. It isn’t a difficult material to manufacture and is thus easily standardised. What you see is what you get!

Although the use of PVC Banners may be economically beneficial, there are serious concerns over the use of phthalates in the production of PVC. Many larger companies and in particular, some of the major high street brands have expressed an interest in purchasing only non PVC banner products. As a print manufacturer that uses materials containing PVC, we believe it is our corporate social responsibility to help customers make more sustainable choices where possible. The first step of course is to actually offer them as an option. With this in mind, we are now pleased to offer a range of environmentally friendly non PVC banner printing.

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What are the applications of technical textile?

Technical textiles have brought significant changes in the modern technology. It contributes not only in textile sector but also medical, civil and others engineering sector. Thought technical textiles have attracted considerable attention but the uses of fiber, yarn, fabric for different applications other than clothing and furnishing is not a new phenomenon.

There are mainly twelve applications of technical textiles which are listed in the below:

  • Transport Textiles.
  • Medical and Hygiene Textiles.
  • Industrial Products and Components.
  • Agriculture, Horticulture and Fishing.
  • Home Textiles.
  • Clothing Components.
  • Packaging and Containment.
  • Construction – Building and Roofing.
  • Geotextiles in Civil Engineering.
  • Sport and Leisure.
  • Protective and Safety Clothing or Textiles.
  • Ecological Protection Textiles.

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